It's possible some of them are better than I remember, especially given how I read many of them in middle school or high school. There are a lot more books from the New Republic era that either don't have a huge timeline impact or aren't very good.

The Hand of Thrawn Duology (5, C), 19 ABY.

Jedi Academy Trilogy (2, C), 11 ABY read after Dark Empire, preferablyĪfter you've had your fill of the above, here are some books I would recommend in the time period between 11 ABY and the start of the New Jedi Order (25 ABY):.

Dark Empire graphic novels ( Dark Empire, Dark Empire II, Empire's End) (3, C), 10 ABY.

I, Jedi (4, A), 11 ABY read after X-Wing books 1-4 and The Jedi Academy Trilogy.

The Courtship of Princess Leia (3, C), 8 ABY.

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (5, A), 5.5 ABY.'After the Battle of Yavin.' Stand-Alone Stories I'll also include the year in 'ABY,' i.e. I won't include any 1-2 books unless they have high continuity impact. After each I will put two ratings: 1-5, my subjective liking of the book/series and A-C, my subjective rating of how much they impact continuity (with C being greatest impact). Here are my picks for books you'll enjoy reading after The Thrawn Trilogy. But you don't need to worry about those yet: you just read The Thrawn Trilogy, and want to learn about the rest of what happens in the New Republic era before moving on. The New Jedi Order era and Legacy era are both coordinated efforts by LucasBooks to put together many-book timelines, with each book leading directly into the next as part of a large plot arc. There are many great stories there, and in general they do cohere fairly well. But the New Republic era was the first EU era developed it's where it all started.

Partially this is because the order in which they were written in the real world does not match their in-universe order. They are often unconnected to each other, failing to reference surrounding events (although care is definitely taken to maintain a consistent universe and chronology!). The New Republic era emerged organically, with many different authors writing their own individual books or trilogies. They are an excellent introduction to the 'New Republic era' of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU), and notably they were the first books written in real-world time to explore this era.īut after that, what should you read? Background: The Eras of the Expanded Universeįirst, be aware that the post- Return of the Jedi EU is broken up into three main eras: The first post- Return of the Jedi book series anyone should read is The Thrawn Trilogy: namely Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command, all by Timothy Zahn.

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